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Afghanistan: UNHCR official expresses hope for coeducation to bring peace
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Inaugurating a school in Afghanistan's Kandahar, deputy commissioner of the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) Yumiko Takashima expressed hope that boys and girls study together to bring peace in the country's future.
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Turkey joining sanctions against Russia unrealistic: Foreign Minister
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The prospect of Turkey joining sanctions against Russia is unrealistic, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.
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IPL 2022: Odean Smith lauds PBKS skipper Mayank Agarwal for backing him
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Punjab Kings' Odean Smith praised skipper Mayank Agarwal for motivating him after the pacer was unable to defend 19 runs in the last over against Gujarat Titans.
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Jaishankar reaches New York, to meet UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 14 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti received External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New York on Wednesday (local time).
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Cases of enforced disappearances continue unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Cases of disappearances, especially from ethnic minority areas continue unabated in Pakistan with a commission recording a total of 158 missing persons for the year 2022.
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India gets elected to 4 United Nations ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [UN], April 13 (ANI): India on Wednesday got elected to four United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) bodies, the country's mission to the UN informed in a tweet.
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IPL 2022: Half-centuries by Agarwal, Dhawan help PBKS post 198/5 against M
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): Brilliant half-centuries by Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan helped Punjab Kings post 198/5 against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2022 match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Wednesday.
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Their courage, sacrifice will motivate coming generations: PM Modi pays tr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to the victims of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and said that their unparalleled courage and sacrifice will keep motivating the coming generations.
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Act quickly to protect Afghan journalists, RSF tells new UN special rappor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have written to Richard Bennett, the UN's new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the
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Mumbai recognised as 2021 Tree City of World
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 12 (ANI): Mumbai has been recognised as the "2021 Tree City of the World" by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN) jointly with Arbor Day Foundation, Department of Public Relations, Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation informed o
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33 years of Tiananmen massacre: China's brutal crackdown on its own people
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 12 (ANI): On the night of June 3, 1989, China's military crackdown on students protesting for democratic reforms in various major cities across China led to a massacre of reportedly thousands of unarmed citizens on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, revealing the brutality o
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UN special envoy blames Taliban's ban on girls' education for negative glo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 12 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, during a briefing of the Diplomatic Corps, highlighted that the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending secondary schools has negatively impacted the attitude of the global c
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